Keyboard shortcuts

You can browse a lot faster using the keyboard, and this page gives you an overview of the available keyboard shortcuts. Some operations have multiple shortcuts; use those you find most convenient.

Notice that the keyboard shortcuts have changed considerably since Opera 9.2. The old shortcuts are still available if you choose "Opera 9.2 Compatible" in Preferences > Advanced > Shortcuts. A compromise approach that enables some of the more popular single-key shortcuts is to check the box marked "Enable single-key shortcuts".

Note: Selecting the alternate keyboard setup "Opera Standard for UNIX" in the preferences will override some Opera shortcuts with classic UNIX shortcuts.

Standard keys

Movement

Move one line up

↑

Move one line down

↓

Move one character to the right

→

Move one character to the left

←

Move one screen-full up

Page Up

Shift + Space

Move one screen-full down

Page Down

Space

Move one screen-full to the left

Ctrl + Page Up

Move one screen-full to the right

Ctrl + Page Down

Go to top

Home

Go to bottom

End

Focus

Cycle focus forward within active context

Tab

Cycle focus backward within active context

Shift + Tab

Activate

Enter

Exit context or cancel

Esc

Display context (right-click) menu

Shift + F10

Properties dialogue

Alt + Enter

Ctrl + I

System keys

Open file

Ctrl + O

Save copy of page

Ctrl + S

Print page

Ctrl + P

Close Opera

Ctrl + Q

Hide Opera

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H

Text keys

Editing

Undo recent changes

Ctrl + Z

Redo recent changes

Ctrl + Y

Ctrl + Shift + Z

Copy selection to clipboard

Ctrl + C

Ctrl + Insert

Move selection to clipboard

Ctrl + X

Shift + Delete

Paste from clipboard

Ctrl + V

Shift + Insert

Copy selected text to "Notes" panel

Ctrl + Shift + C

Select all

Ctrl + A

Delete selection (or character right of cursor)

Delete

Delete selection (or character left of cursor)

Backspace

Toggle text-style bold

Ctrl + B

Toggle text-style italic

Ctrl + I

Toggle text-style underline

Ctrl + U

Convert hex to Unicode

Ctrl + Shift + X

UNIX editing keys

These are classic UNIX keyboard shortcuts, which you can enable by choosing "Opera Standard for UNIX" from Preferences > Advanced > Shortcuts.

Go to end of line

Ctrl + E

Go to beginning of line

Ctrl + A

Go to next character

Ctrl + F

Go to previous character

Ctrl + B

Go to next line

Ctrl + N

Go to previous line

Ctrl + P

Paste (Yank)

Ctrl + Y

Delete to end of line

Ctrl + K

Delete next character

Ctrl + D

Delete previous character

Ctrl + H

Find

Find text

Ctrl + F

Find next instance of text

Ctrl + G

F3

Find previous instance of text

Ctrl + Shift + G

Shift + F3

Search for text in page (press F9 first to set focus on page)

(numeric) /

. (period)

Search for text in links in page (press F9 first to set focus on page)

Shift + (numeric) /

, (comma)

Loading keys

Access

Go to your home page

Ctrl + Space

Alt + Home

Enter a Web address

F2

Paste and go in current or new tab

Ctrl + Shift + V

Speed Dial

Ctrl + 0-9

Enter nickname for fast bookmark access

Shift + F2

Save page address as new bookmark

Ctrl + D

Save as new bookmark in active bookmark folder

Ctrl + Shift + D

Transmission

Reload (get latest version of) page

Ctrl + R

F5

Reload selected frame

Alt + F5

Stop page loading

Esc

Navigation keys

History

Go to next page in history

Alt + →

Ctrl + →

Shift + Backspace

Go to previous page in history

Alt + ←

Ctrl + ←

Backspace

Fast Forward

Shift + Backspace

Space

Site navigation

To remove the last part of any Web address (such as a sub-directory) and go to that address, press Ctrl + Backspace.

Display modes

Print preview (toggles on/off)

Ctrl + Shift + P

Use entire screen for browsing

F11

Toggle "Fit to width"

Ctrl + F11

Source

View page source

Ctrl + U

View source of active frame

Ctrl + Shift + U

Validate source of active page or frame

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + U

Developer Tools

Open developer tool

Ctrl + Shift + I

Zooming

Increase zoom % by steps of 10

Plus

Ctrl + Plus

Decrease zoom % by steps of 10

Minus

Ctrl + Minus

Restore zoom to 100%

*

Ctrl + 0

Link keys

Select next link in page

Ctrl + ↓

Select previous link in page

Ctrl + ↑

Follow selected link

Enter

Open selected link in new tab

Shift + Enter

Open selected link in background tab

Ctrl + Shift + Enter

Save link target (such as document or image)

Ctrl + Shift + S

Spatial navigation keys

Navigate between links and form elements

Shift + ← ↑ → ↓

Tip:
The combination of the Shift key and arrow keys is the fastest way of moving around a Web page when wanting to locate links and Web form elements.

Help keys

More information

Single-key shortcuts

Opera 9.5 disables the following single-key shortcuts, which were enabled by default in Opera 9.2 and previous. To re-enable these shortcuts, check the box marked "Enable single-key shortcuts" in Preferences > Advanced > Shortcuts.